PHA
French, noun\pe.aʃ.a\
PHA is spelled P-H-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PHA is a French masculine noun meaning “LHD: initialism of porte-hélicoptère amphibie (“amphibious helicopter carrier”) (with well deck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Polyhydroxyalcanoate”.
What does PHA mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineLHD: initialism of porte-hélicoptère amphibie (“amphibious helicopter carrier”) (with well deck)
- 2
masculineLHA: initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'assaut (“helicopter assault carrier”) (without well deck)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Polyhydroxyalcanoate. 2. Plateforme à haute altitude. 3. Porte-hélicoptères amphibie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of PHA
- PHAs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce PHA?
- \pe.aʃ.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is PHA in French?
PHA appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).